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Wellesley Township History

Dedicated to the collection and preservation of information and objects related to our history.

02/16/2026

Happy Family Day!

The WTHHS collection houses many photographs of families in Wellesley township, perfect for genealogists, family historians, and researchers to gain a better understanding of Wellesley history.

Do you have a story to share, or a question to answer? Visit the Historical Room on the last Saturday of the month from 10AM-2PM!

04/24/2025

We have scanned the burial records of the Futher Funeral Home in Wellesley. There are some gaps, but they date from about 1925 to 1956. They won’t be fully available on our website for privacy reasons, but if you have a question, we will search the records for you!

02/16/2025

Join us to celebrate “Family Day the Wellesley Way”

Monday, February 17 - Our Historical Room will be open for Family Day from 10 am to 2 pm - Come and ask about your Wellesley family history.

11/25/2024

The Township of Wellesley is currently advertising to hire a part-time Curator for the WTHHS Historical Room in Wellesley.

If you are interested in local history and have some museum or archives experience, please apply! The deadline for applications is December 6, 2024.

09/28/2024

It’s apple butter and cheese festival day and Wellesley! Visit our historical room from 10 AM to 2 pm. You might even see Elvis at the classic car display!

09/21/2024

Visit us today10 am to 4 pm for Doors Open!

05/25/2024

Huber Cider Mill Explosion Storyboard Unveiling!

We want to thank everyone who attended the unveiling of our new storyboard to commemorate the Huber Cider Mill explosion of 1908, with special thanks to Leonard Horst for his dedication to this project!

If you want to see the storyboard, it's located at the corner of Lichty Road and Schummer Line.

05/21/2024

Join us this Saturday, May 25th at 2pm for the unveiling of a storyboard commemorating the Huber Cider Mill explosion of 1908. The unveiling will take place at the corner of Lichty Road and Schummer Line.

05/20/2024

Happy Victoria Day!

With many enjoying the May long weekend, we wanted to reflect back to see how people in our township celebrated Victoria Day 100 years ago. Courtesy of the Maple Leaf Journal newspaper, it became clear that folks were disappointed by the lack of a holiday as described in the following poem:

“Twenty-fourth of May, The Queen’s birthday, If we don’t get a holiday, We’ll all run away.”

To learn more about this 100 year retrospective, please read our entry in this month's "Embracing Change" magazine.

https://embracingchange.ca/current-issue (the article is on page 4)

03/08/2024

Happy International Women's Day!

Although our township is home to countless extraordinary women, we chose to reflect upon a woman-led initiative to record our history: the Tweedsmuir Histories.

To learn more about them, please read our entry in this month's "Embracing Change" magazine.

https://embracingchange.ca/current-issue (the article is on page 4)

02/17/2024

Please join us at the New Dundee Community Centre to browse the various booths, including ours, at the Heritage Wilmot event happening until 3pm today!

12/24/2023

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!

Here's a photograph of carol singing outside the Royal Hotel at the corner of Queen Street and William Street (now Queen's Bush Road and Nafziger Road) in Wellesley.

Address

1137 Henry Street
Wellesley, ON
N0B2T0

Website

http://www.wellesleyhistory.org/

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